| The project objectives are: - to develop and demonstrate a robust system to produce a new organic feed supplement consisting of live insect larvae with an ideal amino acid composition. The project provides a sustainable way to meet the requirement from EU for organic farms (100% organic feed by 2012) and improved animal welfare in poultry flocks. - to investigate the effect of larvae growth on the microbiology of the manure, including selected pathogens and human zoonotic bacteria to assess the microbiological safety to the system, - to investigate a prebiotic effect in the digestive system of poultry, - to demonstrate that the integrated ON-farm system is ideal for treating animal manure through composting with larvae and thereby recycle... |
